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102 SOLUTIONS TO COMMON WRITING MISTAKES [Kindle Edition]

Bob Mayer
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Bob Mayer is a NY Times Best Selling Author. He has taught thousands of writers over the years through writer conferences, retreats and his own Novel Writing Workshop and now his innovative new Warrior Writer Workshop. One of things he's noticed in may workshops is how the focus is always on the problems and mistakes writers make, but no one ever focuses on the solutions and how to correct these problems. 102 Solutions to Common Writing Mistakes covers not only the problems, but offers suggestions and solutions.

Bob looks at the issues writers have with HABITS, IDEA, the STORY AND PLOT, the WRITING, the CHARACTERS, EDITING and REWRITING, SELLING YOUR WORK, and THE PUBLISHING BUSINESS. He breaks down the mistake, discusses why it's a mistake, and how to correct it.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 276 KB
  • Print Length: 101 pages
  • Publisher: Who Dares Wins Publishing (15 Mar 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B003CN5OEO
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  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #171,717 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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I found this book both informative and infuriating! Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of great advice in this book, and I'm not really knocking the content, it's just that, from an author of his standing (I do hope his novels are better proof-read than this), the editing was conspicuous by its reluctance to turn up at the party.

On almost every page, and that's not MUCH of an exaggeration, there are typos. Not the sort of typos that would only be picked up by a pedantic editor, but glaring typos. The sort that grate on you while you're reading. It's not what you would expect from a book all about 'Common writing mistakes'.

So let me add #103: Not getting your manuscript edited before you publish.

But, as I said, there's lots of good advice in here, so read it with your editors hat put well away, you'll still learn a lot.
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A good writing primer 11 Mar 2012
By Derek Chamberlain - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I came across this book a couple of months ago when it was being offered as a free e-book to subscribers of Writer's Digest. At that time it had the title 70 Solutions to Common Writing Mistakes, but the free version only contained 33. Having read those 33 I went looking for a complete copy, as I'm sure was the intention. The current book is an updated version of the earlier work with the extra 32 solutions scattered through the same eight categories as he used in the earlier edition.

Those categories are:

Habits'
The Idea
'The Story/Plot
'The Writing
'Characters'
Editing and Rewriting
'Selling Your Work
'The Publishing Business

This is an interesting book, and a fairly quick read. He sets out what he sees to be a list of common writing mistakes and has a short comment about why a particular attitude, behavior or practice is a mistake. He then poses, if not quite solutions, at least ideas that should lead a reasonably intelligent person to a solution that works for them.

A lot of his advice comes down to three main points.

* Writers write.
* Learn the craft, the whole craft, not just the bits you think might apply to the genre you want to write in.
* Treat with respect the people you work and interact with.

There's a lot more to it than just that, of course, some of it quite specific, all of it useful for new, and not so new writers.

I bought the Kindle version, as the one least expensive and most readily available. There were a few problems with it, like the fact that, though there is a hyperlinked `contents' sidebar, it doesn't include any of the category names.
There were some spelling and formatting problems that should have been picked up by the proofreader, like the fact that in the latter part of the book he refers readers to other `mistakes' for their solutions, but in the text all we see is (#??). Obviously someone failed to go through and actually put in all the links and cross-references.

With that caveat, I can highly recommend this book as a highly readable, entertaining, and informative `How To' for writers.
Solid Information in an Interesting Format 29 May 2012
By Jeanette Raleigh - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I found "102 Solutions" to be full of information and a great refresher. I heartily recommend it to anyone interested in writing and in particular to anyone new to the field. The writing is concise and knowledgeable with great examples from a professional familiar with the industry. If you've read a lot of books on writing, etc. you'll have probably heard some of these points. Still, it's a great drawing together of the most vital aspects of writing.
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